Friday Mass Edition - Ember Friday of Advent - Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Adventus - Missa 'Prope Es Tu' - Mag. Antiphon: "O Rex"- December 22nd, 2023

†      Ember Friday of Advent,  Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Adventus,  Missa 'Prope Es Tu', Mag. Antiphon: "O  Rex"- December 22nd, 2023 - Propers

†      Traditional Latin Mass Calendar With Hyperlinks - December 18th to December 25th, 2023 - Propers for the Season | Ember Week of Advent | Vigil of Christmas | Nativity of Our Lord

†      Arlington Latin Mass Society >> Seasonal TLMs Offered in The Region

†      Kalendas 2023 - The Christmas Proclamation (Extraordinary Form) - December 22nd, 2023 (Updated)

• LITURGICAL
• The Advent Magnificat "O" Antiphons: December 17th to December 23rd
• Liturgies.net >> Latin / English texts & videos for the O Antiphons
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 22 – Friday in Ember Week
• The +Ecu-Men+ >> December 22 - Sixth Antiphon
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >>  22 DECEMBER – EMBER FRIDAY IN ADVENT
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >>  22 DECEMBER – SIXTH GREATER ANTIPHON 
• Lives of the Saints >>  December 22   Saint Ischyrion,  Martyr in Alexandria  († 250)
• CatholicSaints.Info: 22 December
• Boston Catholic Journal, Roman Martyrology >> December 22nd
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• BLOGS, NEWS, OPINION AND COMMENTARY
• A Catholic Life (Matthew) >>  Abstinence is Still Obligatory on Friday in the Octave of Christmas
• American Thinker (Olivia Murray) >> Fire breaks out in GM’s EV plant and executives go with the vague ‘battery materials’ as the culprit
• A Pilgrim's Journey (Fr. Christopher George Phillips) >> The Virgin Mary, Missionary and Evangelist
• A Priest Life (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> Fr Thomas Weinandy: “… the teaching of a pope or bishop which contradicts previous magisterial teaching is not magisterial”
• Beauty So Ancient >> Fifth O Antiphon: O Oriens Splendor
• Catholic Exchange (Fr. Ed Broom, OMV) >> Let Us Welcomes Jesus into Our Hearts this Christmas
• Catholic Exchange (Constance T. Hull) >> Seeking The Burning Babe Who Sets Our Hearts Aflame
• Catholic Insight (John Paul Meenan, Editor) >> Some Thoughts on Fiducia Supplicans
• Catholic Insight >> Cancer and the Jab-berwocky
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Courtney Mares for CNA) >> Pope Francis to Roman Curia: ‘Rigid ideological positions’ prevent us from moving forward
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >>  O Oriens
• ChurchMilitant.com (Rome Dispatch) >> Entire Bishops’ Conferences Say No
• City Journal (Paul du Quenoy) >> An Embattled Mayor
• Crux (John Lavenburg) >> Kansas bishop to lead Eucharistic procession for peace
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Hell’s Bible is on board, and what shipmates they have!
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ROME SHOT 888
• Gatestone Institute - Articles (Lawrence Kadish) >> Holiday Reflections: 'The Cause of America Is the Cause of All Mankind'
• LifeSiteNews (Andreas Wailzer) >> The birth of Christ is the light that shines through the darkness of our time
• LifeSiteNews (Matthew McCusker) >> Francis has authorized ‘blessings’ for homosexual couples while intentionally confusing Catholics: ANALYSIS
• LifeSiteNews (Karolyn Heffernan) >> St. Joseph protects families today, just as he protected the Holy Family
• Public Discourse (Matthew Kuchem) >> Awaiting the Second Advent
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> December 21st: Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Cardinal Ambongo, President of the African Conferences, requests a United African response to Francis’ Gay Declaration
• The Pillar (Michelle La Rosa) >> The belles of St. Mary’s: College rescinds transgender policy
• The Pillar (Luke Coppen) >> African bishops v. ‘Fiducia supplicans’
• The Stream (Jason Scott Jones) >>  Pope Francis Fixates on ‘First World Problems’ of the Prosperous and Privileged, While the World Is on Fire